EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon dunni


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
subfamily.......Kinosterninae (American Mud and Musk turtles)
genus...............Kinosternon (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
species..............Kinosternon dunni (Dunn's Mud Turtle)
Original Description
Schmidt 1947 : 109
Holotype
FMNH 42804
Type Locality
"Pizarro, Choco, Colombia"
Original name
Kinosternon dunni
Common Name
Dunn's Mud Turtle
Distribution
Río San Juan to Río Baudo basins of Pacific coastal Colombia
Comments
Reviewed by Iverson (1981a) and Groombridge (1982).
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